Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Is 'by Maori for Maori' shifting the dial?

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On June 18, 2025, Health New Zealand published extensive data (March 2025 quarter) in a two-page spread contained in The Post . I assume th...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Ardern: If she insists on being remembered, I will oblige

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One thing children who get murdered never seem short of is names. The latest example is Catalya Remana Tangimetua Pepene, the four-year-old ...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Means-testing Jobseeker Benefits for 18–19-year-olds: What does it amount to?

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As part of today's budget the Minister for Social Development announced : "Parents rather than the state will be ...
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

What's up with ACT?

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I won't even use the C word in Scrabble. It just represents a vulgar low standard never to be stooped to. But I have heard my grown-up k...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Maori must take control

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There were 17,028 Maori babies born in 2024. According to an official information response from the Ministry of Social Development,  5,997 w...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

RNZ showcases why nobody trusts mainstream media

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A brief post to set the record straight. Today RNZ is running an article entitled, Do you know what people on benefits actually get? If you ...
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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Self-induced poverty

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On the back of a reported 96 percent increase in methamphetamine use, NewstalkZB host Mike Hosking asked Labour MP Ginny Andersen, "Who...
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Monday, March 24, 2025

If Luxon stays, the country blunders on

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Of late there have been countless headlines stating Prime Minister Christopher Luxon 'must go' followed by reasons why. These includ...
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Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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